A History of Australia, Volume 6"All through this volume runs a sense of Australian uncertainty over the period 1916-1935: were Australians a people with their own country, their own responsibilities, their own history to make? Or were they essentially Britons, relocated merely by some chance in a far corner of the globe? Was it their destiny to look forward bravely to an unknown future, or to look backwards on a fading imperial past? Henry Lawson put to them the choice they had - between "the Old Dead Tree" and "the Young Tree Green"." |
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Page 135
The Bastilles of Capitalism were intact : not a single brick had been dislodged .
There were , they believed , two reasons for this : first , the workers of Australia
were not sufficiently intelligent to realize their condition : second , the influence of
...
The Bastilles of Capitalism were intact : not a single brick had been dislodged .
There were , they believed , two reasons for this : first , the workers of Australia
were not sufficiently intelligent to realize their condition : second , the influence of
...
Page 150
The Prince of Wales was coming , they said , ' for the express purpose of creating
a psychology in Australia which was favourable for militarism and capitalism ' .
Billy Hughes took no notice of them . On 4 June he dined with the Governor ...
The Prince of Wales was coming , they said , ' for the express purpose of creating
a psychology in Australia which was favourable for militarism and capitalism ' .
Billy Hughes took no notice of them . On 4 June he dined with the Governor ...
Page 331
Labor's Defence Army was , as the communists saw it , the only fitting reply to
Bavin's capitalist ' thug . gery ' . ... through the fight until capitalism was
overthrown and communism established , and so end the exploitation of man by
man . 24 The ...
Labor's Defence Army was , as the communists saw it , the only fitting reply to
Bavin's capitalist ' thug . gery ' . ... through the fight until capitalism was
overthrown and communism established , and so end the exploitation of man by
man . 24 The ...
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Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 6 A History of Australia, Manning Clark |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0522843522, 9780522843521 |
| Length | 522 pages |
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